Ambienta

Ambienta SGR S.p.A. is a private equity firm based in Milan, with additional offices in Düsseldorf and London, specializing in growth capital investments in the environmental sector. The firm primarily targets small to medium-sized enterprises involved in renewable energy services and production, including sectors such as wind, solar, biomass, and biogas, as well as water treatment and resource efficiency systems. Ambienta is committed to socially responsible investing and avoids companies that rely on subsidies. With over €1 billion in funds under management, it seeks investments ranging from €30 million to €100 million in firms with an enterprise value between €50 million and €300 million. The firm typically pursues majority transactions or qualified minority stakes and emphasizes active involvement in the development of its portfolio companies through industrial and managerial expertise. Since its founding in 2007, Ambienta has invested in more than 20 companies focused on resource efficiency and pollution control, positioning itself as a leader in the European private equity landscape dedicated to environmental trends.

Ayan Ahmed

Investment Manager

Stefano Bacci

Partner

Yannick Balz

Associate

Giancarlo Beraudo

Partner

Laura Della Chiara

Investment Manager

Romain Demeunynck

Investment Manager

Alessandra Dusi

Associate

Andrea Florio

Associate

Guido Fucci

Manager, Sustainability and Strategy

Daniele Gatti

CFO

Nicolaas Hackbarth

Associate

Hans Haderer

Partner

Nico Helling

Partner

Kai Huebner

Associate

Timothée Héron

Associate

Kai Hübner

Associate

Massimiliano Lecchi

Associate

Konstantin Leu

Investment Manager

Francesco Lodrini

Partner

Federica Mallone

Associate, Sustainability and Strategy

Matthew Norrington

Principal

Fabio Pecce

CIO

Rolando Polli

Founding Partner

Nino Tronchetti Provera

Managing Partner and Founder

Fabio Ranghino

Principal, Head of Sustainability and Strategy

Simone Rodi

Associate

Mauro Roversi

Chief Investment Officer

Simone Scarponi

Private Equity Associate

Andrea Venturini

Principal

Saverio Zefelippo

Associate, Sustainability and Strategy

Le Ho Daguzan, Gwenaëlle

Partner

27 past transactions

Caprari

Private Equity Round in 2021
Caprari design, production, and distribution of centrifugal pumps and motors for the integrated water cycle.

Collingwood Lighting

Acquisition in 2021
Collingwood is a leading designer and supplier of residential, commercial and exterior luminaires into the professional refurbishment and new-build markets in the UK and France.

Namirial

Acquisition in 2020
Namirial S.p.A. is a software development company based in Senigallia, Italy, specializing in digital transaction management and the digital transformation of business processes. Founded in 2000, Namirial offers a range of products, including a Trust platform for electronic signatures and document flow management, Telemedware for telehealth services, and a Cyber assessment platform for evaluating organizational cyber threats. Additionally, the company provides software solutions tailored for the construction industry, addressing areas such as fire prevention, structural analysis, renewable energy, and worksite safety. Namirial serves a diverse clientele across various sectors, including banking, insurance, pharmaceuticals, and public administration, with operations extending to Germany, Austria, Romania, and Brazil. Through its online sales, Namirial facilitates the complete digitization of document-centric transactions and business processes for both private and public sector organizations.

Nactis Flavours

Acquisition in 2020
Nactis Flavours SAS specializes in the production of flavors, aromatic raw materials, and functional ingredients for various industries, particularly food and pharmaceuticals. Founded in 1996 and based in Bondoufle, France, the company serves a wide range of applications, including meat, seafood, sauces, dairy products, confectionery, beverages, and cosmetics. Its products cater to both large industrial operators and small-scale food producers, as well as the catering sector. Nactis Flavours markets and distributes its offerings through sales agents across Europe, North America, Asia, and the Maghreb region. The company operates production sites and research and development centers in France and has commercial subsidiaries in Bulgaria, Poland, and Tunisia. As of December 31, 2019, Nactis Flavours operates as a subsidiary of AromataGroup S.r.l.

Phoenix International

Acquisition in 2019
Phoenix International was formed in Italy in 1972 in Paderno Franciacorta close to Brescia, thanks to the farsighted vision of a group of young entrepreneurs who wanted to share their expertise and experience in the aluminum extrusion sector. Their mission was to create an independent and innovative company, focused on a core business marked with significant growth potential. Phoenix later moved to the new premises in Verdello (Bergamo), where it maintained its organization up to the late nineties. The years between 2000 and 2008 saw the acquisition of competing firms and workshops within large extrusion groups specialized in die production, as well as the finalization of green-field transactions. In February 2016, the company’s original founders and shareholders and the private equity fund sold their stakes to another prestigious fund, rooted in the continent’s major economies, through a transaction carefully planned over time and aimed at anticipating future international scenario.

iMAGE S

Acquisition in 2019
iMAGE S is a distributor specializing in machine vision and imaging products, catering to various sectors including automotive, food, pharmaceutical, aerospace, packaging, and energy. The company provides a comprehensive range of products such as lighting systems, optics, cameras, 3D systems, frame grabbers, and hyper-spectral systems. In addition to its product offerings, iMAGE S also conducts seminars, workshops, and training courses, along with providing technical assistance. This approach enables clients to acquire the necessary equipment and services tailored to their specific applications.

AromataGroup

Acquisition in 2018
Aromatagroup Srl engages in manufacturing and distribution of natural flavors and colorants for food, beverage, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries in Europe. The company focuses on developing and distributing customer and demand oriented products. It serves small and medium enterprises. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Bresso, Italy with addiditional offices in Concorezzo and Gessate, Italy.

Pibiplast

Private Equity Round in 2018
Pibiplast SpA manufactures fabricated plastic packaging products for cosmetics, skin care, and make-up industries. It produces bottles, jars, falcon tubes, and packs for lip gloss, eyeliner, lip balm, and lipsticks; and cosmetic tubes with screw caps and flip top caps in different shapes, capacities, and materials. The company was founded in 1954 and is based in Correggio, Italy. As of August 7, 2020, Pibiplast SpA operates as a subsidiary of Lumson S.p.A.

Restiani

Acquisition in 2017
Restiani S.p.A. distributes oil and petroleum products. It also provides heat management services including construction and management of energy-saving systems to users in northwest area. The company was founded in 1937 and is based in Alessandria, Italy.

Safim

Venture Round in 2017
Safim SPA, based in Modena, Italy, specializes in the manufacture and sale of hydraulic and electro-hydraulic components for agricultural, off-highway, and material handling vehicles and trailers. Founded in 1977 by brothers Eronne and Omer Mamei, the company produces a variety of products, including hydraulic power brake valves, master cylinders, trailer brake valves, and various accessories. With a strong focus on product quality and customer needs, Safim emphasizes collaboration with clients to develop tailored solutions and customize standard products for specific applications. The engineering team, which has extensive field experience, plays a crucial role in ensuring that Safim delivers the flexibility and quality required by the market. As of 2019, Safim operates as a subsidiary of DexKo Global Inc.

Calucem

Acquisition in 2016
Calucem GmbH is a manufacturer and distributor of calcium aluminate cements, headquartered in Mannheim, Germany, with additional offices in Allentown, Pennsylvania and Singapore, along with a production facility in Pula, Croatia. Founded in 2006, the company specializes in a wide range of products, including low purity calcium aluminate cement for refractory applications, quick-setting and fast-hardening cements for road construction and mining, and white calcium aluminate cement for building chemistry. Calucem's offerings cater to various industries such as construction, wastewater treatment, and corrosion resistance, focusing on applications like pipes, aggregates, flooring products, mortars, and coatings. The company exports its products globally, emphasizing quality and innovation in its research and development efforts.

SF Filter AG

Acquisition in 2016
SF Filter AG distributes mobile and industrial filters used for oil, air, fuel, hydraulic, gas, pneumatic, liquid, de-dusting, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning applications.

Mikrotron

Acquisition in 2016
Mikrotron provides a full range of high-speed imaging solutions for challenging applications in industry, engineering, science and sports. The company designs, produces, distributes and rents high-speed cameras, image recording systems, software and image processing components.

Oskar Nolte

Funding Round in 2015
Oskar Nolte was established in 1959 as a manufacturer of paints for neighboring furniture manufacturers. It started by providing a full range of products, however greatly increased its focus on specialty segments in the early ‚‘90s of the last century. The strategic decision was taken to concentrate only on large-industrial manufacturers of boards as customers for its products. This paved the way to specialize on water-based coating systems complemented by radiation-curing 100% material systems. These systems were economically superior to conventional solvent-based systems and also made sense from an environmental point of view. Even today, manufacturers of boards and panels made of engineered wood (MDF, HDF, Particle Board…) as suppliers to the furniture and (interior) door industry are a key customer group for the company.

IPC

Acquisition in 2014
IPC is a manufacturer of machines and equipment for the professional cleaning sector. The company has a full offering including scrubber-dryers, professional vacuum cleaners, high pressure washers and equipment.

Tattile

Acquisition in 2012
Tattile designs and manufactures embedded vision systems and custom advanced electronic solutions for industrial applications, road traffic control and railway industry since 1988. The INDUSTRIAL DIVISION offers a wide range of embedded products for industrial imaging applications: digital cameras, smart cameras, analyzers, software and accessories for the creation of advanced vision systems, used in many different fields: pharmaceutical, packaging, mechanical, automotive, electronic production. The TRAFFIC DIVISION designs integrated solutions for the implementation of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS). Speed enforcement, red-light enforcement, automatic number-plate reading, free-flow tolling, access control, traffic analysis, surveillance and data communication tasks can be easily accomplished with our highly-integrated products. The RAILWAY DIVISION is an IRIS-certified leader in the development of innovative systems for the on-board passenger information, security and entertainment in railway transportation. Our products are designed to meet the highest standards of modularity, flexibility, reliability, availability and ease of integration.

FoundOcean

Private Equity Round in 2012
FoundOcean Ltd. is an offshore engineering and grouting contractor that specializes in providing subsea and offshore grouting services. The company serves oil and gas construction as well as renewable energy sectors, both in the United Kingdom and internationally. FoundOcean offers installation services for near-shore and offshore structures, alongside life extension and rehabilitation services, which include span correction, pipeline rehabilitation, and jacket strengthening. Through these services, FoundOcean helps clients maintain the quality and safety of their offshore assets.

Tower Light

Acquisition in 2012
Manufacturer of the Worlds Largest Range of Lighting Towers

Amplio Group

Venture Round in 2011
Amplio is an entrepreneurial holding company that is focused on acquiring and developing businesses characterised by high growth potential. Amplio operates at the smaller end of the market by acquiring initial platforms on which to build operations by bringing in the required sources of capital, robust management skills and a broad international network.

Envirogen Group

Funding Round in 2011
Envirogen Group is a international provider of environmental technology and process. At the Envirogen Group of companies, our vision is straightforward – to be industry leading water, air and process solution providers using sophisticated technology backed by expertise and service. It is our overriding goal to offer our clients total solutions that deliver consistently reliable performance at the best lifecycle cost for the systems and services that we provide.

MBA Polymers

Venture Round in 2011
MBA Polymers, Inc. (MBA) was founded in 1994 by Dr. Michael Biddle and Mr. Trip Allen, to expand the research capabilities in the area of plastics recycling, and to develop a commercial process for recovering plastics from complex streams of materials. After over six years of research and development, MBA is now considered a world leader at developing technology for the recovery of high value engineering plastics from complex durable goods streams such as computers, electronics, appliances, and automobiles. The company, located in Richmond, CA, operates a 90,000 foot state-of-the-art research and commercial recycling operation.

Ravelli Group

Acquisition in 2010
Ravelli is one of the world's leading manufacturers of stoves, fireplaces, boilers and kitchens powered by renewable sources such as pellets and firewood. With over 20 years of experience as a leader in the sector, Ravelli has successfully transformed a family-run business into a model of managerial organization supported by an institutional financial investor. Ravelli exports "Made in Italy" to more than 40 countries with a strong presence in Europe, through a wide network of agents and distributors, and with a branch in the United States and one in France. The Ravelli development program aims at further consolidating its position and expanding its sector market, through major investments in Research and Development. Thanks to the attention in design and cutting-edge technology, Ravelli offers a wide range of products of excellence in terms of energy efficiency and quality. Last but not least, the attention that Ravelli reserves to the after-sales service aims to guarantee the complete satisfaction of its customers.

Icq Holding

Private Equity Round in 2010
ICQ is the Italian utility specialized in the production of energy from wind, hydroelectric, biomass and waste gas. ICQ also develops solutions for cogeneration of electricity and thermal energy, systems powered by conventional and non-conventional fuels (biofuels) , plants that combine the exploitation of different sources , for example biomass and photovoltaics, and energy saving and efficiency projects for lighting and for the recovery of heat loss (low enthalpy thermal waste).

Spig S.p.A.

Private Equity Round in 2010
SPIG S.p.A. is a company that specializes in the design, manufacture, supply, and installation of cooling systems for various industrial applications, including thermal power plants, petroleum refineries, petrochemical industries, and food processing. Their product offerings include a range of cooling towers, such as natural draft and fan-assisted models, as well as air-cooled condensers and heat exchangers. Additionally, SPIG S.p.A. provides ancillary equipment like pumps, filters, and piping, along with services such as on-site assistance, maintenance, and staff training. The company serves a diverse international customer base through a network of agents across Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, and Asia. Founded in 1936 and headquartered in Arona, Italy, SPIG S.p.A. has expanded its presence with offices in several countries and production facilities in Brazil and India.

Icq Holding

Private Equity Round in 2008
ICQ is the Italian utility specialized in the production of energy from wind, hydroelectric, biomass and waste gas. ICQ also develops solutions for cogeneration of electricity and thermal energy, systems powered by conventional and non-conventional fuels (biofuels) , plants that combine the exploitation of different sources , for example biomass and photovoltaics, and energy saving and efficiency projects for lighting and for the recovery of heat loss (low enthalpy thermal waste).

Italiana Pellets

Acquisition in 2008
Italiana Pellets is operates as a producer of pellets, a solid biofuel used to generate energy and heat. The company produces solid fuels from wood biomasses and provides production of energy from renewable sources.

Italia Pellets

Series A in 2008
ITALIA PELLETS designs and oversees the construction of machinery and complete plants for the recovery and treatment of waste coming from the industrial cycles, both from the typical municipal solid waste. They produce and distribute wood pellets from biomass for fueling bakeries, pizzeries, and other commercial retailers.